I am American educational psychologist Robert M Gagné, born August 21st 1916. I received my A.B. from [[#|Yale]] in 1937 and completed graduate work at Brown University after that. I began teaching at [[#|Connecticut College]] for Women in 1940, but shortly after that I tested aviation cadets with aptitude tests with a Psychological Research Unit. After the war I went back to being a college faculty member, first at [[#|Florida State University]], then returned to Connecticut College for Women. In 1949 I accepted a position with the United States Air Force, where I held the position of research director of the Perceptual and Motor Skills Laboratory.
1962 was a big year for me, because after joining the American Institutes of Research I wrote my first book, titled "The Conditions of Learning". Later in my life I published the paper Instructional Psychology with the help of W.K. Roher, and then "Principles of Learning" with L. J. Briggs. I also published the second and third editions of my first book.
I did a great amount of study in how learning happens, and I theorize that there are several types and levels of learning. Originally designed for the military, my ideas have been adapted to fit many types of learning, mostly in the modern school systems.
I am American educational psychologist Robert M Gagné, born August 21st 1916. I received my A.B. from [[#|Yale]] in 1937 and completed graduate work at Brown University after that. I began teaching at [[#|Connecticut College]] for Women in 1940, but shortly after that I tested aviation cadets with aptitude tests with a Psychological Research Unit. After the war I went back to being a college faculty member, first at [[#|Florida State University]], then returned to Connecticut College for Women. In 1949 I accepted a position with the United States Air Force, where I held the position of research director of the Perceptual and Motor Skills Laboratory.
1962 was a big year for me, because after joining the American Institutes of Research I wrote my first book, titled "The Conditions of Learning". Later in my life I published the paper Instructional Psychology with the help of W.K. Roher, and then "Principles of Learning" with L. J. Briggs. I also published the second and third editions of my first book.
I did a great amount of study in how learning happens, and I theorize that there are several types and levels of learning. Originally designed for the military, my ideas have been adapted to fit many types of learning, mostly in the modern school systems.